Dexter Fulton v. State of Mississippi

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Dexter Fulton was convicted in the Lowndes County Circuit Court for receiving stolen property. The Court of Appeals affirmed Fulton’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. We granted Fulton’s petition for writ of certiorari to determine whether Fulton’s indictment was fatally defective and whether the trial court erroneously allowed an amendment of substance to Fulton’s indictment. Finding error as to both issues, we reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the circuit court and vacate Fulton’s conviction.

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